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H20 are a band who have had a long career so far
and from the quality of Nothing To Prove it's safe
to say that the band have a really healthy future
ahead of them. 'Nothing To Prove' is a ten track
album that lasts for just under 25 minutes, it’s
tight sounding, fast, furious and catchy. Chad Gilbert
from New Found Glory has produced the album and
he has done a sterling job, the album features guest
vocals from many different artists from within the
hardcore/punk scene.
The album starts off with a sound snippet of
a kid talking before blasting off into the opening
track '1995' and what a track it is, from the
start it’s fast and furious with hardcore
style vocals dominating the song, the drums are
loud and pounding, the guitar riffs are thick
fast and crunchy and before you know it the song
has finished, but get used to it as this is how
the whole album is; short but sweet.
The album title track 'Nothing To Prove' is a
proper sing along affair with such a catchy chorus
with frontman Toby Morse screaming out "Me
and all my friends, We've got nothing to prove,
Nothing to lose", Roger Miret features with
guest vocals here and adds a good hardcore edge
to such a stand out catchy tune, this is how punk
rock should be, short, loud and straight to the
point.
'Sunday' sounds a lot different from the rest
of the songs on the album, the song is about growing
up without a father and then ending up being a
father yourself, the lyrics are extremely clever
and the song has such a catchy streak about it.
The opening guitar riffs on 'Unconditional' are
top stuff, the song builds up to be such a happy
sing along song in the style of bands such as
Homegrown, Allister and Zebrahead and works pretty
well for H20, the guitar solo halfway through
the song makes a good break down.
Some familiar names pop up with vocals on 'Nothing
To Prove' and it was good to hear Kevin Seconds
providing some vocals for 'Fairweather Friend',
the song is quite slow paced compared to the rest
of the album but is just as catchy and listenable
as the rest.
H20 have saved the best for last, the closing
track on the album 'What Happened?' is such a
killer song and stands out more than anything
else on the album, it has an Anti-Flag style sound,
the song is about how people care more about the
image before the art with people liking bands
for what they look like and not what they sound
like, which is quite pathetic really but it’s
the way the music scene has become, the lyrics
are clever with front man 'Toby Morse' screaming
"But now the biggest part, is about the image
and not the art!!!, fashion before passion, and
it makes, it makes me mad that I should have to
ask" the biggest surprise and pleasing bit
about the song is towards the end when the one
and only Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio pops up
with his distinctive vocals to sing "Lost
a lifetime ago it seems you gave up your wildest
dreams but I refuse to let mine go (I took an
oath) you can find me here with open heart and
ears refusing to surrender, I can't believe they
don’t remember what it feels like to be
young" and finishes the album perfectly.
'Nothing To Prove' shows that H20 have nothing to
prove what so ever, the album is stunning and is
easily the best album the band have released so
far, the idea of guest vocals has worked really
well and has helped add variety. H20 clearly have
all the right elements of punk rock and can pull
it off so well, seriously go and treat yourself
to 'Nothing To Prove', it is worth every single
penny.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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Todd Friend
Todd Morse
Rusty Pistachio
Adam Blake
Toby Morse |
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1. 1995
2. Nothing To Prove (Ft. Roger Miret)
3. Sunday
4. A Thin Line (Ft. Freddy Criecen)
5. Unconditional
6. Still Here (Ft. Civ)
7. Fairweather Friend (Ft. Kevin Seconds & Lou
Koller)
8. Heart On My Sleeve
9. Mitts
10. What Happened (Ft. Matt Skiba & Lou Koller |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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